#AEB2C8#AEB2C8

#AEB2C8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.032 H 277.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB2C8
RGB	rgb(174, 178, 200)
HSL	hsl(231, 19%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(231, 13%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 11%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.90, 3.02, -11.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.90, 12.00, 284.57°)
OKLab	oklab(76.74% 0.0041 -0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(76.74% 0.032 277.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.7990, 45.0091, 61.0125)
Luminance	0.4501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB2C8 #C8C4AE

analogous

#AEBFC8 #AEB2C8 #B7AEC8

triadic

#AEB2C8 #C8AEB2 #B2C8AE

tetradic

#AEB2C8 #C8AEBF #C8C4AE #AEC8B7

square

#AEB2C8 #C8AEBF #C8C4AE #AEC8B7

split-complementary

#AEB2C8 #C8B7AE #BFC8AE

monochromatic

#666D96 #8A8FAF #AEB2C8 #D2D5E1 #EDEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#AEB2C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#AEB2C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB2C8

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB2C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB2C8	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB4C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB2C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8B6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 178, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.032 277.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c9d8',
    500: '#aeb2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb2c8;
$custom-light: #c6c9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.769,
    "s": 19.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76744,
    "c": 0.03162,
    "h": 277.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB2C8

secondary

#E9E8E2

accent

#90489D

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB2C8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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